Recent Publications

Recent Publications - Dr. Bruce Gilbert

Dr. Bruce Gilbert
Department of Philosophy and Liberal Arts

Recent Conference Papers

“Les coopératives et la démocratie dans le Mouvement des Travailleurs Ruraux Sans Terre du Brésil,” upcoming at the Centre d’études et de recherches sur le Brésil, Université de Québec à Montréal, April 7, 2013.
 
“Love of the Nostro in Dante’s Divine Comedy”, upcoming at the Dante Symposium, Bishop’s University, February 22, 2013.
 
“Treasury of the Sun: Reflections on Book VI of Plato’s Republic,” Toronto Philosophy Symposium, June 13, 2012.
 
 “Le Vin et le Sang chez Diderot et Hegel”, I Jornada da Filosofia Moderna, Universidade Federal de Parana, Curitiba, Brazil, December 16, 2011.
 
“Contradiction and the Fluidity of Life: Case Studies from Logic and Ethics,” Ryerson University Department of Philosophy Colloqium, September 27, 2011.
 
“Marx's Theory of Exploitation”, Ryerson University Humanities Program, September 27, 2011.
 
“Adam Smith's Critique of Mercantilism in The Wealth of Nations,” Toronto Philosophy Symposium, June 10, 2011.

“Exclusão, Caridade e a Teoria Marxista de Exploração ”, Conference: Teoria, Discurso e Ação Política, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, April 8, 2011.

“Os Usos e abusos do princípio da não-contradição”, Universidade Federal do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, April 12, 2011.

“A Filosofia da Propriedade Privada: Explorando o Caso do Movimento Sem Terra”, O Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Políticos of the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 11, 2011.

“Marx e os movimentos sociais na América Latina hoje: O caso do Movimento Sem Terra", Universidade São Judas Tadeu, São Paulo, Brazil, April 5, 2011

“From Literacy to Autonomy: The radical pedagogy of Brazil's Movement of Landless Rural Workers”, International Development Week, Bishop’s University, February 1, 2011.

“Invasion or Occupation: Justice, Private Property and the Movement of Landless Workers in Brazil,” Guest lecture, St. Thomas University, November 18, 2010.

“As Belas Artes e a Verdade: O Nascimento do Saber”, Centre for Human Sciences, Universidade Estadual Vale de Acaraú, Sobral, Brasil, October 20, 2010.

“As Belas Artes e a Verdade: O Nascimento do Saber”, Campus do Retoria, Auditoria Central, Universidade Estadual Vale de Acaraú, Sobral, Brasil, October 22, 2010.

“Political Right and Fichte’s Deduction of the Concept of Commonwealth”, at the Toronto Philosophy Symposium, University of Toronto, June 16, 2010.

“Private Property of the Means of Production: From Roemer to the Brazilian Movement of the Landless”, at the Society for Socialist Studies, Concordia University, May 31, 2010.

“Brazil’s Movement of Landless Workers: A New Specter”, at Historical Materialism, York University, May 14, 2010.

“Invasion or Occupation: Justice, Private Property the Movement of Landless Workers in Brazil,” Guest Lecture, Ryerson University, Toronto, February 5, 2009.

“Contradição e Justiça na Filosofia Política de Hegel”, Guest Lecture at the Universidade São Judas Tadeu, São Paulo, Brazil.  May 12, 2008.

“O Declínio e Auge da Liberdade:  Filosofia Política de Hegel”, Guest Lecture at the Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador da Bahia, Brazil.  May 21, 2007.

“O Declínio e Auge da Liberdade:  Filosofia Política de Hegel”, Guest Lecture at the Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.  May 25, 2007.

Recent Publications

“'Socialist Values' and Cooperation in Brazil’s Movement of Landless Rural Workers”, with Aldiva Sales Diniz, Latin American Perspectives, forthcoming, 2013.

The Vitality of Contradiction: Hegel, Politics and the Dialectic of Liberal-Capitalism.  Forthcoming: McGill-Queen's University Press.

O MST e a Propriedade Privada: Os argumentos filosóficos que justificam a ocupação da terra”, Homem, Espaco, Terra, Ano IV, No. 2, October, 2010.

“Tragédia como o enigma político:  Explorações de Sófocles, de Shakespeare e de Tournier”,  Integração, Sao Paulo, 2007.

“Workers' Power and Socialism: A Study of Brazil's Movement of Landless Workers”, Situations: Project of the Radical Imagination.